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Comment by mixmax | Hacker News Reader

I thought politics was a no-no here?

Unless a political story is big enough to affect hackers, or related to things hackers care about. Tim O'Reilly endorsing Obama seems safely in the territory of hacker news. The Economist is closer to the borderline, but arguably ok as the newsmagazine whose articles appear most here.

I suspect it's really more political debating on HN that's an issue. It's so close to the election most of us are likely looking at political news in another tab, anyways.

You're probably right. It was more meant as a subtle hint instead of the all too common "not hacker news" comments.

Besides, not all of us are from the US...

Neither's The Economist. ;-)

Oh wow, learn something new each day, huh...

I love that magazine. It's hard to get such a global perspective from any other periodical.

It's very good for getting an easily digestible survey of world news, but the business and economic analysis articles are horrible. It's all so "pop" and way behind the curve if you read better newsletters. It's also annoyingly leftist and pro-war; they pushed hard for the Iraq invasion, for example.

"annoyingly leftist and pro war" - that's not a combination you hear every day.

It's not odd if you don't conflate the meaning of left and right with Democrat and Republican. The Bush administration has been solidly left.

Bush is No True Scotsman, apparently.

I'm not sure what you're getting at. Bush is a national socialist, and an imperialist. He fooled some conservatives in 2000 when he talked quite a bit of the talk, but that fell apart quickly.

In modern American history warmongering has overwhelmingly been the business of the left. Guns and butter and all that. Go count up military actions and pair them to presidents.

Bush is a national socialist

That's an interesting choice of words.

Maybe he's trying to qualify for Godwin's law.

There have been many wars by left-wing governments in world history, even in recent world history.

Wasn't Johnson the one that escalated the war in Vietnam?

Besides, I think it's clear that this election will have ramifications far outside the borders of the US...

So post election news, just don't talk about it?

Maybe we should form a spinoff like hackerpoliticalnews.com or itshackernewsandpoliticalnews.com!

I mean seriously guys, I come to YC News to avoid the blasting of politics I get on any other website.

I'd take this blasting for 4 days if people can learn and make informed decision rather than taking 4 years of blasting.

If all readers were in the US, perhaps. But we're not.

Supposedly, but if pg and company are not willing to enforce it, then I suppose it's ok.

If you can't beat them, join them, I guess:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=349139

"election silly season"

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